Trial Reversed by Appeals in Athens County Court
The case of a Lodi Township farmer charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Opha Stover is reversed by Athens County Appeals. Judge Rowland and attorneys for the defense and state argued. the ruling cites precedent and directs new trial proceedings to speed the process. Witnesses and jurors may await further action as trial readiness shifts to December.
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C. F. Rowland
Williams
State
Finsterwald
Lodi Township
Athens
Athens County
Opha Stover
Con Rowland
County's Quota Of Jobs Rapidly Filling In Ohio Relief Plan
Athens County civil works office flooded with proposals as the national program puts unemployed men to work. About 800 men already employed countywide with 1,210 total quota planned. projects include road work and building upkeep. First paychecks to be issued Saturday as 29 districts manage payrolls for 82 000 displaced workers. Surplus foods to extend for 208,139 Ohio families with 30 pounds each of pork and beef starting January 1.
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Civil Works Office
Athens County
Civil Works
Belford Nelson
Columbus
J. W. Wilson
Coolville-Frost
South Canaan
Salem
Canaanville-Amesville
Greens Run
Kimberly-New Marshfield
Garden Roads
Nelsonville
Athens
Glouster
Ohio
McNamara
Dad's Day at Ohio U Opens Friday With Events
Eleventh annual Dad's Day at Ohio University runs Friday to Saturday with about 2300 invitations sent to fathers and mothers of students. Activities include a Those meeting plays a band concert president's reception football game and dance. Don C. Peden will address the Friday convocation at Memorial Auditorium.
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Ohio U
Ohio University
Men's Union
Independent League
Alliance of Fraternity
Robert F. Hilbert
Memorial Auditorium
Curtis Janssen
Don C. Peden
Community Chest Drive Opens In Ohio With Fund Goal
White urges Ohio residents to donate as First Community Chest reports pledges of 1158.75 received last night and this morning. H. N. Burgett leads 100 volunteers who will visit homes through Friday and host shows at Court Theater to boost the drive. Officials announce luncheon with Hotel Berry and Chamber of Commerce amid planned entertainments and daily pledge reports. The governor stresses aid for homeless children and families in need of private support due to funding limits.
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Community Chest
H. N. Burgett
Court Theater
E. R. Custer
City Plans CWA Funds to rebuild rough streets
Athens City Council authorized Mayor Robert S. Wood to seek Ohio Civil Works Administration aid to rebuild rough streets around the four main squares. Two projects were approved to relay old brick, repair curbing, seal with asphalt, and widen College Street to save trees, aiming to create 40 000 to 50 000 man hours and employ about 80 workers for four to five months.
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CWA
Council
Robert S. Wood
Athens
Ohio Civil Works Administration
Athens City
State Street
Court
Lancaster
College Street
State
Union
Union Street
College
Mill Street
Congress Street
Washington Street
Congress
John Dowler
Roosevelt declines Scottsboro intercession request
WARM SPRINGS Ga November 21 Roosevelt refused to intervene in the Scottsboro case saying the federal government cannot interfere in state court matters. Samuel Liebowitz urged national guardsmen for protection of the defendants. The President also considered a possible White House meeting with Henry Ford as he directs the recovery program from Pine Mountain.
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Warm Springs
U.S
Roosevelt
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Decatur
Ala
Samuel Liebowitz
Miller
White House
Henry Ford
Pine Mountain
Senator Fess Urges NRA Amend to Free Press Status
At Yellow Springs Ohio Senator Simeon J. Fess urged Congress to amend the National Recovery Act to keep newspapers out of NRA trade and industry classifications for free expression. He warned Administrator Johnson could misuse power against publishers who criticize NRA policies.
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al Recovery Act
Trade and Industry
Freedom of Express
Simeon J. Fess
Ohio
NRA
Auto Accidents Injure Two Albany Residents
Two Albany residents suffered serious injuries in weekend crashes. John Lindley was struck while crossing from behind a car, breaking a leg below the knee and sustaining body bruises. He was taken to Ceph Lindley’s home, his late wife Hattie Roussetter Lindley’s residence. Ray Bailes sustained serious injuries when his car left the road and was demolished near Albany Saturday night.
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John Lindley
Ceph Lindley
Hattie Roussetter Lindley
Ray Bailes
Albany
Arms Parley Is Postponed For January Reassembly
Geneva November 21 delegates from chief European powers with Hugh Wilson the American delegate recommended postponement of the disarmament conference until late January. The talks will reassemble December 4. Fundamental Covenant changes to draw non members like the United States Russia Japan and Germany who withdrew are under consideration in league quarters.
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Geneva
U.P
Hugh Wilson
United States
Russia
Japan
Germany
Soviet envoy Troyanovsky to depart for Washington soon
Moscow reports that Alexander Troyanovsky the first Soviet Russian ambassador to the United States plans to leave for Washington in three or four weeks.
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Moscow
Alexander Troyanovsky
United States
Washington
Three Megal Hunters Fined in Court Here
Three men, two from Pomeroy and one from Lodi Township, Athens County, were fined $25 plus costs in Magistrate C. H. Porter’s court for violating state game laws. Game Protectors Clyde Store and B. F. Swartz led the arrests. Kenneth Grueser and Oscar Scholl, both of Pomeroy, were cited for Sunday hunting and quail hunting, with one year licenses revoked. Ker mit Swartz, Lodi, was fined for hunting without a license.
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Pomeroy
Lodi Township
Athens County
C. H. Porter
Clyde IL. Store
Jackson
B. F. Swartz
Glouster
Kenneth Grueser
Oscar Scholl
Kermit Swartz
Lodi
Women in Industry Is Wednesday Theme at Athens Church
Mrs Edwin B Smith and Mrs George H Cress will discuss Women and Children in Industry at 7 p m on Wednesday as part of a Athens Presbyterian Church study series on Christianity and industry in America. Reverend A Y Wilcox says the talk highlights social and industrial life. Thursday at 6 o clock the Presbyterian Brotherhood meets as the first of three sessions with dinner served by Friendly Society division. Dr W W Boyd, former dean of men at Ohio State and ex president of Western College for Women at Oxford, will speak.
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George H. Cress
America
Athens Presbyterian Church
A. Y. Wilcox
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Friendly Society
W. W. Boyd
Ohio State University
Western College For Women
Oxford
Bleacher Collapse Suit Is Rejected
Columbus Ohio November 21 Judge John R King freed the Columbus Board of Education from liability for injuries when bleachers collapsed at Central High School Athletic Field during a September 28 1990 football game. Golda O Toole filed one of six suits seeking nearly 290 000 in damages against the board and the school athletic commission.
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Columbus
John R. King
Columbus Board of Education
Central High School
Golda O'Toole
School Athletic Commission
Old Magazines Collected For County Reading Rooms
Athens city students bring old magazines to the school for redistribution by the Dean Edwin Watts Churb Library under Dr. Edith Beecher supervision. The materials will be taken to needy homes and a second collection will occur in about a month. The project last year was successful.
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Athens City
Edwin Watts Churb
Edith Beecher
Lindberghs Reach Azores After Turbulent Atlantic Hop
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh landed at Fayal in the Azores at 4:17 p m after a flight from Lisbon through heavy storms. The couple’s ocean crossing encountered significant weather as they continued their journey.
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Horta
Azores Islands
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Fayal
Azores
Lisbon
Debt Puzzle Hovers Over U S Soviet Talks
A Soviet American accord on wiping clean past debts could open doors to renewed diplomacy. If Moscow repays the $187,729,750 Kerensky debt, a precedent could let France Britain and others claim $6.5 billion in Soviet war and prewar debts. If the United States forgives the Kerensky debt, it risks jeopardizing title to $11.9 billion in Allied war debts.
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Moscow
France
Britain
Germany
United States
Archangel
Washington
Lee Tracy in Birthday Suit Shocks Mexico City
Lee Tracy, American film star, was arraigned in Mexico City on charges of public morals and insulting the government after appearing on a hotel balcony during a revolution anniversary parade. A blanket slipped revealing him briefly. arrival followed by detention and later release through the American Consulate amid public protests. Tracy is in Mexico to act as a newspaper reporter in Ben Hecht's Viva Villa film about bandit leader Pancho Villa.
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Tracy
Profirio Diaz
Chapultepec Military Academy
Mexican West Point
Mexico
Ben Hecht
Om Villa
Administration lifts domestic gold price to record high
Washington on November 21 reports the Administration raised the domestic gold buying price by 10 cents to a new record of 33.76 dollars per ounce.
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Washington
Condition of Dr Bing at Holzer Hospital
The doctor remained virtually the same today at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Officials said the operation outcome and the blood transfusion performed last Friday will likely take the rest of the week to determine.
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8. H. Bing
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Roosevelt Uses Subtle Hint in Dollar Stabilization
Beverly Hills reports a newspaper note about Roosevelt sending a message through a man named Bullett to Russia. The piece sketches Roosevelt’s indecision on stabilizing the dollar until the U. S. Chamber of Commerce advised actions, then he acted contrary to their guidance.
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Russia
Bullett
Mr. Roosevelt
Monopoly To Stay in Draft Of Liquor Bill
Columbus date November 21 State liquor monopoly will be written into the bill for the special legislative session. The bill drafting committee will keep the proposal for state monopoly in the rough draft despite Governor White's view that removing the profit element does not require a monopoly. Carlton B Dargusch, member of the drafting panel, said they are following the governor's advisory liquor control commission.
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Columbus
White
Governor's Advisory Liquor Control Commission
Carlton
Dargusch
King George interrupted by labor member during throne speech
King George read his speech from the throne as John McGovern a Labor MP shouted that lawmakers are parasites living on the poor. The king halted mid sentence and the Houses were shocked as Queen Mary sat nearby in state with crown jewels.
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London
King George
John McGovern
Labor
Commons
McGovern
George
Houses of Lords and Commons
Lords
Kalleries
McGovvern
Mary
Lima Jail Fortified for Alleged Murderer Arraignment
Reinforcements to Allen County Jail began to guard against another gang raid after Sheriff Jess L. Larber was killed. Harry Copeland, 38, held near Chicago and moved to Michigan City, is expected for arraignment within 10 days. He is accused of belonging to the gang that raided the jail six weeks earlier, killing Larber and injuring John Dillinger.
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Lima
Navy
Allen County
Jess L. Larber
Harry Copeland
Copeland
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan City
Sarber
Ohio Briefs and Port Clinton Fishing Report
Albert Knack, 57, a deaf mute, died Monday while awaiting civil works job assignment in Toledo. At Port Clinton, light catches of whitefish were reported as fishermen prepared to close the season. the whitefish season has been short.
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Toledo
Albert Knack
Civil Works Program
Port Clinton
Tiffin Schools Avoid Shutdown as Board Extends Classes
The Tiffin board of education voted to continue classes on December 1 despite lack of available funds, averting a threatened closing of schools. The decision keeps the district operating while funding gaps persist.
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Tiffin
Board of Education
Yankees Pierce Stratosphere, Land in New Jersey
Lieut. Commander T G W Settle and Major Chester L Fordney became the first Americans to reach the stratosphere, landing near Fairton New Jersey after an 58 000 foot ascent. Fordney walked three miles to summon help while Settle guarded the craft. The pair reported a safe, normal landing with no injuries and minimal damage.
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Fairton
N. J
U.P
T. G. W. Settle
New Jersey
Fordney
Settle
Fear Vigilante Action Keep Slayers in Jail
San Jose report says fear of vigilante action by indignant citizens after the Brooke Hart kidnapping and slaying prompted authorities to hold the confessed slayers in the strong San Francisco prison indefinitely. Ongoing body search continued along the bay shores as threats against Thurmond and Holmes emerged.
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San Jose
Calif
Brooke L. Hart
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Thomas H. Thurmond
John W. Holmes
Money on Robber Is Property of Victim
Cincinnati officials report a municipal court ruling by Judge A L Luebbers that money found on a robber belongs to the victim. The case involved William Harrington, accused of several robberies, with $118 to be shared among 11 people. Harrington's counsel appealed the decision.
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Cincinnati
Bhelonga
A. L. Luebbers
Luebbers
William Harrington
Harrington
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